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An outbreak of diarrhoea in the eastern Indian state of Orissa has claimed 26 lives, a state minister has said.
The deaths have been reported in several villages in Kalahandi district, Health Minister Prasanna Acharya said.
Local newspapers put the death toll at 38. Health officials say 237 people suffering from the disease have been admitted to hospitals.
Diarrhoea is a major killer in the world and is thought to be responsible for around 4% of all deaths.
Remote villages

A team of doctors from the federal National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) has travelled to the affected villages and begun an investigation into the causes of the outbreak.
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